Bill Bolling

Virginia's part-time lawmakers need a raise, members of Gov. Terry McAuliffe's ethics commission said Wednesday. The $18,000 annual salary plus per diem for legislators isn't enough to recruit good people and doesn't begin to cover all the time lawmakers put in, members of the governor's Commission on Integrity and Public Confidence in State Government said. "The current legislative compensation is nowhere near adequate," said former Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, who is co-chairman of the panel. "It's just not." Although some lawmakers may privately agree, history suggests they are unlikely to vote to give themselves raises. ...

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